THE NORTHUMBERLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1049106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ORGANISATION IS INVOLVED IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC/CURRENT AFFAIRS, HEALTH AND WELLBEING, TRAINING OF ALL WOMEN IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

Objects

TO ENABLE WOMEN TO TAKE AN EFFECTIVE PART IN RURAL LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,127 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Despite this deficit, total unrestricted funds remain substantial at £439,881, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARJORIE READchair
• BARBARA KILKENNY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dee Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNY MCLEAN
• Judy Woodsford
• Moira Bengston
• Pamela Lamb
• Shirley Jarvis
• Susan Robinson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).